<div class="refentry" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="glGenLists"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>glGenLists — generate a contiguous set of empty display lists</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>C Specification</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table><tr><td><code class="funcdef">GLuint <b class="fsfunc">glGenLists</b>(</code></td><td>GLsizei  </td><td><var class="pdparam">range</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="parameters"></a><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>range</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
                    Specifies the number of contiguous empty display lists
                    to be generated.
                </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
            <code class="function">glGenLists</code> has one argument, <em class="parameter"><code>range</code></em>.
            It returns an integer <span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span> such that <em class="parameter"><code>range</code></em> contiguous
            empty display lists,
            named
            <math overflow="scroll"><mi mathvariant="italic">n</mi></math>,
            <math overflow="scroll">

                <mrow>
                    <mi mathvariant="italic">n</mi>
                    <mo>+</mo>
                    <mn>1</mn>
                </mrow>
            </math>,
            <math overflow="scroll">

                <mi mathvariant="italic">...</mi>
            </math>,
            <math overflow="scroll">

                <mrow>
                    <mi mathvariant="italic">n</mi>
                    <mo>+</mo>
                    <mi mathvariant="italic">range</mi>
                    <mo>-</mo>
                    <mn>1</mn>
                </mrow>
            </math>,
            are created.
            If <em class="parameter"><code>range</code></em> is 0,
            if there is no group of <em class="parameter"><code>range</code></em> contiguous names available,
            or if any error is generated,
            no display lists are generated,
            and 0 is returned.
        </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="errors"></a><h2>Errors</h2><p>
            <code class="constant">GL_INVALID_VALUE</code> is generated if <em class="parameter"><code>range</code></em> is negative.
        </p><p>
            <code class="constant">GL_INVALID_OPERATION</code> is generated if <code class="function">glGenLists</code>
            is executed between the execution of <a class="citerefentry" href="glBegin"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glBegin</span></span></a>
            and the corresponding execution of <a class="citerefentry" href="glEnd"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glEnd</span></span></a>.
        </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="associatedgets"></a><h2>Associated Gets</h2><p>
            <a class="citerefentry" href="glIsList"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glIsList</span></span></a>
        </p></div>
        {$pipelinestall}{$examples}
        <div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p>
            <a class="citerefentry" href="glCallList"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glCallList</span></span></a>,
            <a class="citerefentry" href="glCallLists"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glCallLists</span></span></a>,
            <a class="citerefentry" href="glDeleteLists"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glDeleteLists</span></span></a>,
            <a class="citerefentry" href="glNewList"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glNewList</span></span></a>
        </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div id="Copyright"><h2>Copyright</h2><p>
            Copyright © 1991-2006
            Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
            Free Software B License. For details, see
            <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171022161616/http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/" target="_top">https://web.archive.org/web/20171022161616/http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</a>.
        </p></div></div></div>
